tragical
Speech parts
1. tragical - Adjective
2. tragical - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.
Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.
Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
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In times of exceptional stress, nature will often give people's behavior so tragical a complexion that neither a picture nor a verbal description is competent to represent its titanic energy.
a tragic face
a tragic plight
a tragic accident